Mark Carwardine / Shark fins drying in the sun, Trincomalee, Sri Lanka

Ernie Janes / Fish drying in the sun, Cha-Am, Southern Thailand

Juergen Freund / Freshly caught fish laid out under the sun to dry for easier storage. Filipinos traditionally eat fried dried fish and rice everyday. Dried fish needs no refrigeration and can last a long time. Philip...

Juergen Freund / Shark fins and Sea cucumbers drying. Philippines.

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) drying feathers on feeding perch with fish prey, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, July.

David Pattyn / American Wood Ibis (Mycteria americana) feeding on catfish in a drying pool, at the end of the dry season lots of herons of different species gather to feed on the exposed fish. Southern Pantanal, Mat...

David Pattyn / Jabiru Stork (Jabiru mycteria) feeding on catfish in a drying pool, at the end of the dry season lots of herons of different species gather to feed on the exposed fish. Southern Pantanal, Mato Grosso...

David Pattyn / American Wood Ibis (Mycteria americana) feeding on catfish in a drying pool, at the end of the dry season lots of herons of different species gather to feed on the exposed fish. Southern Pantanal, Mat...

David Pattyn / American Wood Ibis (Mycteria americana) feeding on catfish in a drying pool, at the end of the dry season lots of herons of different species gather to feed on the exposed fish. Southern Pantanal, Mat...

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Rita Markova, a young Selkup woman, hangs fish up to smoke and dry over an open fire at a summer camp in the forest, Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

Jeff Rotman / Common thresher shark (Alopias vulpinus) gill net fisherman putting fins out to dry on roof, Huatabampo, Mexico, Sea of Cortez, Pacific Ocean Model released.

Paul Williams / Yacare caiman (Caiman yacare) at the end of the wet season large numbers of Caiman are attracted to drying pools to feed on the trapped fish, Pantanal, Pocone, Brazil, August

Paul Williams / Yacare caiman (Caiman yacare) - at the end of the wet season large numbers of Caiman are attracted to drying pools to feed on the trapped fish, Pantanal, Pocone, Brazil, August

Paul Williams / Yacare caiman (Caiman yacare) at the end of the wet season large numbers are attracted to drying pools to feed on the trapped fish, Pantanal, Pocone, Brazil, August

Paul Williams / Yacare caiman (Caiman yacare) large numbers are attracted to drying pools to feed on the trapped fish at the end of the wet season, Pantanal, Pocone, Brazil, August

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Indian Oil Sardine (Sardinella longiceps) harvest spread out by fisherman to be dried for three days and subsequently fed to Dromedary (Camelus dromedarius) camels, Hawf Protected Area, Yemen

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Indian Oil Sardine (Sardinella longiceps) harvest spread out by fisherman to be dried for three days and subsequently fed to Dromedaries (Camelus dromedarius), Hawf Protected Area, Yemen

Doc White / Char (Arctic Trout / Salmon) drying in sun. Candian Arctic, summer.

Doc White / Char (Arctic Trout / Salmon) drying in sun. Candian Arctic, summer.

Ernie Janes / Fish drying in the sun, Cha-Am, Southern Thailand

Ernie Janes / Fish drying in the sun, Cha-Am, Southern Thailand

Ernie Janes / Fish drying in the sun, Cha-Am, Southern Thailand

Juergen Freund / Sharks' fins laid out to dry on the streets of Hong Kong's Sheung Wan District, April 2009.

Juergen Freund / Sharks' fins laid out to dry on the streets of Hong Kong's Sheung Wan District, April 2009.

Orsolya Haarberg / Fish (cod) drying on a wooden structure, with the Nesseby church in the background, Varanger peninsula, Finnmark, Norway, February 2010

Pete Oxford / Arapaima (Arapaima gigas) meat drying in the sun, legal harvest on quota, Guyana, February 2010

Pete Oxford / Arapaima (Arapaima gigas) meat drying in the sun, legal harvest on quota, Guyana, February 2010

Nick Upton / Common Octopus (Octopus vulgaris) close-up hanging in the sun before cooking. Skala Sikaminia harbour, Lesbos / Lesvos, Greece, August 2010.

Nick Upton / Oriental hornets (Vespa orientalis) feeding on Common Octopus (Octopus vulgaris) hanging in the sun alongside Atlantic mackerel (Scomber scombrus). Skala Sikaminia harbour, Lesbos / Lesvos, Greece, Au...

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Fish drying on a rack at fishing camp on the estuary of the River Ob. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia, 2000.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Nivkhi woman cleaning Salmon (Oncorhynchus) before drying it at Niva Bay. Sakhalin Island, Russian Far East, 2006.

Pete Oxford / Fish sun-drying at a temporary fishing camp, Mapari, Rupununi, Guyana

Pete Oxford / Arapaima (Arapaima gigas) meat drying in sun from legal harvest, Rupununi, Guyana

Pete Oxford / Arapaima (Arapaima gigas) meat drying in sun from legal harvest, Rupununi, Guyana

Pete Oxford / Fish dried by Macushi people, Yupukari Village, Rupununi, Guyana

Pete Oxford / Fish dried by Macushi people, Yupukari Village, Rupununi, Guyana

Pete Oxford / Fish dried by Macushi people, Yupukari Village, Rupununi, Guyana

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus) drying on racks at inuit hunting camp. Igloolik, Nunavut, Canada, 1992.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus) drying on racks at an inuit hunting camp. Igloolik, Nunavut, Canada, 1992.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Inuit woman using Ulu (traditional Inuit woman's knife) to prepare Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus) for drying. Igloolik, Nunavut, Canada, 1992.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus) sewn up in a fresh sealskin, making the fish easy to transport while preventing them drying out. Igloolik, Nunavut, Canada, 1992.

Will Watson / Drying Cichlid fish (Copadichromis sp) known locally as "Utaka", on racks on the shore of Lake Malawi, Malawi. March 2009

Will Watson / Frying and drying Cichlid fish "Utaka" (Copadichromis sp) a species endemic to Lake Malawi, Malawi. March 2009

Will Watson / Cichlid fish drying in sun on a rack, beach on Lake Malawi (Lake Niassa), Niassa Province, Mozambique February 2008

Tim Laman / Fish drying on racks, Jaring Halus village vicinity, near the mangroves, North Sumatra, Indonesia. June 2006

Tim Laman / Fish drying on racks, Jaring Halus village vicinity, near the mangroves, North Sumatra, Indonesia. June 2006

Jeff Rotman / Drying Shark fins to trade with Hong Kong for Shark fin soup and medicine. Natal Sharks Board, Umhlanga, South Africa

Jeff Rotman / Drying Shark fins to trade with Hong Kong for Shark fin soup and medicine. Natal Sharks Board, Umhlanga, South Africa Model released.

Juergen Freund / Whale shark meat {Rhincodon typus} drying on beach, Philippines.

Pete Oxford / Antandroy woman smoke-drying fish. It has started to rain so these fish caught yesterday can not be sun-dried, Lavanono. Southern MADAGASCAR 2005

Pete Oxford / Antandroy woman smoke-drying fish. It has started to rain so these fish caught yesterday can not be sun-dried, Lavanono. Southern MADAGASCAR 2005

Pete Oxford / Fish drying on rack covered in sweat bees getting moisture, Amazonia, Peru

John & Mary-Lou Aitchison / Shark fins drying, Bijagos Islands, Guinea Bissau, West Africa

Pete Oxford / Smoke-drying fish, Ampasendava Village, northeast Madagascar

Juergen Freund / Sharks fins and Sea cucumbers drying, Banda Island, Indonesia

Tui De Roy / Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) preying on juvenlile mullet trapped in drying pool, Academy Bay, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Mike Wilkes / Fish drying in sun, Tanji fishing village, Gambia, West Africa

Chris Gomersall / Fish drying at Elmina market, Ghana, West Africa

Claudio Velasquez / Fish catch drying on beach in sunset, Monkey bay, Lake Malawi, Malawi

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Drying fish meat in the sun, Canelas Is, Para, N Brazil

Pete Oxford / Drying fish outside house, Chukchi eskimos, Yanrakynnot, E Siberia, Russia

Eric Baccega / Halibut stored for personal consumption, Disko Bay, Greenland

Eric Baccega / Halibut drying for personal consumption, Disko Bay, Greenland

Norbert Wu / Shark fins drying in the sun, used in shark fin soup, sharks are threatened by over fishing to supply high demand for fins and flesh, Baja California, Mexico

Norbert Wu / Shark flesh is salted and hung to dry in the sun, Baja California, Mexico

Jeff Rotman / Shark fins drying before shipment from South Africa to Hong Kong for use in soup and for medicine

Juergen Freund / Whale shark fins drying on beach. (Rhincodon typus) Philippines.

Juergen Freund / Jaw of tiger shark drying Pamilacan Island, Philippines

Juergen Freund / Anchovies drying on racks, Sulawesi, Indonesia

Staffan Widstrand / Fish drying on racks Rost, Lofoten island, Norway

Juergen Freund / Shark fins drying. Philippines.

Onne van der Wal / A local man salting fish to preserve them in a fishing village on Isla Coyote, Mexico, 2006.

Onne van der Wal / Salted and preserved fish hanging to dry in a fishing village with charter sailboats anchored in the background, Isla Coyote, Mexico. 2006.

Onne van der Wal / A local man hanging fish fillets to dry after they are salted and preserved in a fishing village on Isla Coyote, Mexico. 2006.

Onne van der Wal / Salted and preserved fish hanging to dry in a fishing village with charter sailboats anchored in the background, Isla Coyote, Mexico. 2006.